What is custom in the broad sense of the word? The concept of “custom” is associated with any features of the cultural life of people, events that tend to be regularly repeated both consciously and unconsciously. At the same time, people can be divided into small groups as well as form huge gatherings of people. It also happens that only one person takes part in the custom. The ancient customs of all tribes and nationalities developed on the basis of faith, transmitted from generation to generation, from mother to daughter, from father to son. Life principles were formed from public opinion. For people who know firsthand what custom is, it is considered something important, necessary, inevitable, and most importantly, useful and enjoyable.
Time inexorably goes forward, setting other life priorities, changing the worldview of people, their morals. Once the worldview changes, then the old customs lose their meaning, and therefore their strength. People just stop observing them. As a result, traditions undergo a certain modification, transformation. Sometimes the old traditions are fully updated, being replaced by completely new and young, still unknown to most people. After all, what is a custom in people's lives? This is their guide! Customs continues to lead entire nations at all stages of the formation of culture - from the primitive to the present.
In one of the world religions, which is called Islam, there is simply a huge variety of different customs and traditions. A striking example of the traditions and customs of a whole group of peoples is Muslim prayer.
The customs of Muslims are closely intertwined with the family and household sphere and play a huge role in the life of believers. All of them are always associated with weddings, funerals and other similar events. In every Muslim house, there should be a Qur'an, the holy book of this people. It contains all the instructions of Allah. Storage in the house of the Koran means the storage of the sacred relic. Muslims believe that it protects their home from evil spirits and other evil spirits.
Every Muslim almost from birth knows what custom is. For him, the very first custom is prayer. If a child, due to his small age, does not yet understand what it is and how to do it, then it simply observes how adults pray. Muslims pray no more, no less than five times a day. Moreover, her time is always different. But how do Muslims know when the hour of prayer has come? This is reported daily in newspapers, on radio and television.
Interestingly, Muslims can get a complete prayer schedule for the whole year ahead at the Ministry of Information and Culture. Soon the authorities plan to publish the schedule of prayers on the website of this ministry.
The law and customs of the Muslim people no one ever dared to take away or prohibit. Even if a Muslim during prayer is far from a mosque or a specialized room designed for this purpose, he can begin to pray directly where he is. At the same time, he will be required to comply with a number of formalities, the most important of which is a mandatory appeal to Mecca.